Lots of old favorites here; Mary Gauthier and Oh Susanna are two artists I’ve been listening to a lot lately, and they’re the only ones making a FRT debut.
1. “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome”, Bob Dylan
2. “Mercy Now”, Mary Gauthier
3. “John Henry”, Bruce Springsteen
4. “Tears of God”, Los Lobos
5. “I’m on My Way”, The Proclaimers
6. “Pretty Face”, Oh Susanna
7. “A Little More”, Jennifer Knapp
8. “Swallow”, Wailin’ Jennys
9. “Don’t Tear Me Up”, Mick Jagger
10. “No One Like You”, Scorpions
Bonus Track One: “One Part Be My Lover”, Bonnie Raitt
Bonus Track Two: “Gleams of that Golden Morning”, Forbes Family
I was out chopping firewood a couple days ago – a glorious winter afternoon up here on the Puget Sound, and Jennifer Knapp’s live album was playing on the Ipod. I think I hit repeat on A Little More a couple of times. Good music by a good lady. I had the chance to spend 45 minutes with her in Oregon once upon a time and was impressed by her huge heart.
When and if she ever comes back to performing, it will be a happy day.
I love that Mary Gauthier song, first on its own merits, and second because it was written here in Nova Scotia, when Gauthier was performing at the Stan Rogers Folk Fest. And while in the past I may have mocked fellow Nova Scotians who pretend Sarah McLaughlin is in any way shape or form Bluenose, being able to claim a little local connection for Mercy Now makes me break my own rules.